The coalitions goal is to contribute to reversal in the escalating trend in child and youth obesity by reducing the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and screen-time by Canadian youth and by providing a viable, local and culturally relevant alternative food management model in Aboriginal communities.To achieve these goals the coalition has four specific aims:

1)To increase the adoption and implementation of school-based education and behavior change strategies that address the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and screen time in each jurisdiction including identified aboriginal communities.

2)To increase access to positive local and culturally relevant alternatives for healthy eating and restrict access to ‘unhealthy’ options by supporting the implementation of policies, regulations and guidelines in schools and their surrounding communities including local stores and community kitchens. (and increased local production and distribution of healthy and culturally relevant foods --- with a particular, but not exclusive, focus on First Nations groups).

3)To decrease the appeal of ‘unhealthy options’ by supporting the implementation of policies that restrict advertising to children and provide disincentives for purchase of unhealthy foods (choose least and not recommended foods) through taxation thus increasing the appeal of locally harvested and produced food, particularly in the case of the Aboriginal communities involved.

4) To build the capacity of national and provincial stakeholders to implement evidence-based obesity and chronic disease prevention initiatives by developing mechanisms for inter-jurisdictional networking, evaluation and knowledge exchange.

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